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Please share a tip in the form of a haiku on living with osteoporosis.
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Ignore: Impact loading exercises will help minimize the loss of calcium from your skeleton, but be safe.
Answered 5/23/2015
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Ignore: Keep bones strong with exercise and calcium supplements. If low, take Vit D. Get bone density study.
Answered 7/30/2014
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Ignore: Walk twice a day, don't quit. Take vitamin D, 1000 will do. Calcium, too, but only 1000.
Answered 8/20/2014
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Ignore: Fall precaution is mandatory to prevent fracture.
Answered 9/3/2014
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